Tokyo Soft Rice King.

In the end, Nishimura Ryu got annoyed, and his already unhappy expression became even more unpleasant.

So, in this world, did 4ch come into being first, and then 2ch came into being? This is another case of the heavens being reversed!

4ch was originally a forum modeled after 2ch; it was a completely anonymous forum with no registration required and no restrictions on speech...

At first glance, it seems like just a free forum, but this forum has a very special feature: it refreshes itself every 24 hours, and content from 24 hours ago is not saved. There is no history, and there is very little official management or censorship.

A forum without identity or memory.

This has led to the forum becoming an "internet black hole" filled with all sorts of extreme ideologies, discrimination, bloodshed, and squalor.

Simply put, it's a 'foreign toilet'.

It can only be said that absolute freedom is not necessarily a good thing. Hiding in the shadow of the internet can turn it into a dark place where everyone dumps their dirty laundry.

There's a saying that goes something like this...

Death, if freedom is not restricted, will inevitably lead to the exploitation of the weak by the strong... and that is the reality.

Nishimura Ryu did not want the forum to become a lawless place, so he built a new forum according to his own ideas, and most of the people who could not stand the original forum gradually becoming corrupted joined the new forum.

Therefore, the forum that Kuroba Akira is seeing now is closer to a certain GA. Although there is a lot of dirt on it, posts that are too outrageous will be blocked.

That's amazing, if they can even control the forums...

A collaboration between forums and video websites?

Kuroba Akira hadn't considered this possibility, because even he had never seen this pattern before.

Although you can often see AC-chan, the mascot of AcFun, in emoticons on a certain forum, there is actually no direct collaboration between the two. It's just that the forum initially used the artist's authorization, and it later became part of the forum culture.

In theory, forums, as a forum for public opinion, and content-driven video websites with bullet comments should be able to create some interesting synergy...

That said, if forums can successfully transform in the smartphone era, wouldn't they become just like Weibo and Xiaohongshu?

"No, don't get off-topic. You just said you came to me to set up a danmaku (bullet comment) video website, but I've already done it. So what do you want? To buy the website from me?"

"No, I hope your website can be merged with mine."

Kuroba Akira made an outrageous demand, stating his own thoughts directly.

Nishimura Ryūya looked at him like he was an idiot and questioned him.

"Huh?! Why should I? Just because your department head gave me a few graphics cards? I'll give you the website? Don't you have any common sense? Do you know how much money I could make if I sold this video website?"

“I know, but a merger would be more beneficial for you…”

Kuroba Akira pulled out a USB drive and said mysteriously.

"You'll understand when you see this."

"Whoa..."

This USB drive was given to him by Hijikata Isamu. In fact, Kuroba Akira didn't know what was on it, but its purpose was undoubtedly to 'persuade' and 'test'.

Although Kuroba Akira has a cheat code that allows him to directly see a person's talent and proficiency, computer technology itself is divided into many fields, so the talent of the right hand and the proficiency of the left hand sometimes cannot accurately reflect a person's technical characteristics.

So, in order to find more suitable talent, Hijikata Yu gave him this USB drive, saying that he would hand it over to the 'real genius' he encountered.

Clearly, Nishimura Ryu is the most suitable candidate.

After taking the USB drive, Nishimura Ryuya said suspiciously.

"I'm warning you, if this USB drive contains a computer virus, I'll throw you off the third floor!"

"No way..."

I hope it's not true... Kuroba Akira prayed silently in his heart.

Uncle Yong, please don't mess with me!

After plugging in the USB drive, Nishimura Ryu opened the file on it, which was blank and contained nothing.

At first glance, it appears blank, but it was actually intentionally made to look like that, somewhat like a clue left in a puzzle game.

This is clearly the online version of the 'wordless book'.

This amused Nishimura Ryu.

"Hmm, are they trying to test my abilities? This is interesting."

Then he started typing away on the keyboard, and after a bunch of operations he didn't understand, Nishimura Ryu also discovered that there were 'follow-up files'.

"This is too simplistic. If the rest of the tests are at this level, there's no point in continuing. I don't want to waste time on this kind of thing..."

While speaking, Nishimura Ryuya continued to type rapidly on the keyboard, opening the next file, but after seeing the second title, he couldn't say anything more.

"..."

Kuroba Akira noticed that his expression was slowly becoming serious.

Then, silence enveloped the entire computer department's activity room, with only the incessant clicking of keyboards and breathing, creating a very eerie atmosphere.

After a while, Nishimura Ryu also looked up at Kuroba Akira and asked.

"Hey, who came up with this question? It shouldn't be you, right? You don't even dare to look at my test questions, which means you have absolutely no skills."

“This was given to me by my partner.”

"Your partner? Who is he? Is he a student at our school? No, that's not right. Students couldn't possibly be at this level... Even nationwide, including those high-end corporations, there are no more than five people at this level."

It received extremely high praise.

As expected, my uncle is reliable!

"That's interesting... This guy wants me to work for him. Which company does he work for? If I were to work for him, it wouldn't be boring... But let me see the last question first..."

Then Nishimura Ryu was stunned again, his eyes wide open, his face close to the screen, with a look of shock as if he had just woken up from a dream.

The last file is not the title.

Instead, it's a document, a reward for those who succeed, and the reward is 'the future'.

"This is...! Big Data!!!"

Big Data?

The literal translation is... Big Data?

Big data? I'm familiar with that stuff. It was everywhere before I transmigrated...

Ok?

Big data?

Wait, is it available now?

Kuroba Akira remembers that the concept of big data should have existed for a long time. As early as the 1990s, database technology and data mining theory had already approached maturity.

However, the term "big data" only appeared around 08, and at that time, due to equipment limitations, big data had not yet reached its full potential.

It will likely be after 09 that the technology matures and big data is applied to every area of ​​the internet.

09 years?

For this world, isn't it all happening now?

Uncle Yong has pulled out his ultimate weapon!

Tatsuya Nishimura, knowing the value of this item, exaggeratedly stated that...

"If we master this technology... we can control people's brains!"

If Kuroba Akira weren't a time traveler, he would definitely think these words were just delusions of a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferer.

However, upon closer examination, with the push of big data, everyone's mobile phone and apps have formed an 'information cocoon' tailored to the user.

From another perspective, this does indeed manipulate everyone's mind, making everyone only see 'what they want to see'... or rather, 'making people forget that they even have a brain.'

Scrolling through short videos until your mind goes blank, time seems to slip away like it's been stolen, and in the end, nothing is left in your memory...

Hmm? Short video?

Oh right! There are also short videos!

After the development of the smartphone era reached a certain point, just like how "Kuayidao" (a short video app) rose from the cracks between Taobao and JD.com, short video apps emerged out of nowhere and swept across major video apps.

Their vision is too limited; they're only thinking about creating bullet-screen video websites and have forgotten about short videos altogether...

Forums, long videos with bullet comments, short videos, live streaming, big data-driven content recommendations...

When all these things are combined, the only word that comes to mind for Kuroba Akira is 'invincible'.

The Throne of the Streaming Era!

I booked it in advance!

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"interesting……"

A smile of interest involuntarily appeared on Nishimura Tatsuya's face.

His expression was like that of a mischievous child who had received a 'new toy', excitedly looking at the 'document' filled with treasures in front of him, and began muttering something that no one could understand.

"I see... No wonder it's a danmaku video website. With the help of big data, it can analyze users' viewing behavior, understand each person's interests and preferences, and measure the video's appeal to users by viewing time and completion rate, ultimately creating a specific 'user profile'... In addition, it can be used for social interaction analysis, thereby optimizing recommendation algorithms, and even guiding danmaku to manipulate public opinion..."

Yoshimichi Nishito knew that his minister had entered a state of deep thought, in which he would mutter some seemingly profound but actually incomprehensible words.

Even Kuroba Akira only half understood what he was saying. It wasn't that he didn't understand the concepts, but rather that these concepts were all loanwords in Japanese, and coupled with the fragmented pronunciation unique to Japanese people, it was difficult to understand what words he was saying.

While Kuroba Akira was trying to decipher what Nishimura Ryuya was saying, he himself had already snapped out of his rambling state and revealed a kind appearance that was completely different from his initial one, and spoke to Kuroba Akira.

"Hey you……"

Kuroba Akira immediately turned his attention back and gave a reply.

"Yes, Nishimura-senpai, my name is Kuroba Akira."

In short, I gave him my name first, so that he would at least remember who I am and become familiar with me.

"Kuroba, right? You've brought something very interesting. You should know its value, right?"

He unplugged the USB drive and tossed it back to Kuroba Akira.

"So, where can we find this person?"

"what?"